Walkthrough- India

A Sikh uprising in this remote region of Punjab, Northern India in the mid 1980s was ruthlessly repressed by government troops. Many innocent locals were killed, and ever since, no outsider has dared venture into the territory for fear of reprisals.

A maze of small shops and bangalas (small houses) suggest some prosperity in this otherwise poverty--stricken province. Sure enough a magnificent ancient gurdwara (Sikh temple) ? complete with marble inlays, glazed tiles, filigree partitions, priceless murals and gold domes ? is protected by the high walls of a qila (fort) ? and fanatical believers.